Heel for boots or shoes



(No Model.)

E. S. HAY.

HEEL FOB BOOTS 0R SHOES. No. 348,847. Patented Sept. 7, 1886.

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EDXVARD S. HAY, OF LYNN, MASSACHUSETTS.

HEEL FOR BOOTS OR SHOES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 348,847, datedSeptember '7, 1886.

Application filed July 30, 1885. Serial No. 173,015. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD S. HAY, of Lynn, in the county of Essex andCommonwealth of Massachusetts, have invented certain Improvements inBoot and Shoe Heels, of which the following, taken in connection withthe accompanying drawings, is a specification.

This invention relates to boot and shoe heels, and the nature thereof ishereinafter fully described and specifically claimed.

Referring to the drawings, Figure l is a vertical longitudinal sectionillustrating my improved heel attached to a shoe. Fig. 2 is similar viewshowing a modified form thereof.

The heel-body A is given a contour to correspond with the style desired.It is composed of wood or metal or other suitable ma terial, and isformed with a chamber, 13. \Vithin this chamber are arranged thefilling-pieces a, (see Fig. 1,) which are held therein by the screw 0.Said filling-pieces are composed of leather, and are designed to give aleather finish to theshoe-hcel, as also to fill the cavity or chamber B.These fillingpieces are used only when the shell of the heel is made ofmetal. Instead of the lifts a, the bottom of the heel may be entirelycovered by a top lift, (2, in which case the chamber maybe left vacant,as shown in Fig. 2.. This top lift is also held on by the screw 0.

\Vithin the shoe and bearing upon the inner sole is a plate, f. Thisplate is formed to lie closely down upon the sole. The screw 0 passesdown through this plate f and into the top lift. The head of the screwis countersunk into the plate, so as not to chafe the foot. This screwretains the heel onto the shoe, thus giving stability and firmness tothe whole.

The plate f may be extended forward to the shank of the shoe, thusconstituting a springshank for the shoe. In this case the plate shouldbe formed of spring-metal.

I am aware that it is old to construct an annulus with adownwardly-projecting flange, and to combine it with a rotary head orlift. I am also aware that it is old toprovide a shoe-heel with a boltand nut to secure it to a shoe and to extend these bolts up through theshoe heel and sole, and such constructions, 5o

broadly, I'disclaim; but I am not aware that a heel has been made likemine, which heel has a smooth nnbrok en leather bottom, an insideelastic shank-stiffener plate, whose upper face is countersunk around aperforation, and

tends into the lift in the heel only part way through it; and

hat I therefore do claim is- 1. In a boot and shoe heel, the chamberedbody provided with the lift at its bottom, in combination with theelastic metallic shankstilfener provided with a countersunk hole and ascrew whose head fits into the countersunk hole, and which screw extendsfrom said plate down to and into the lift at the bottom of the heel,substantially as described.

2. In a boot and shoe heel, the chambered body having the lift at itsbottom, which lift extends over the entire bottom surface of thechambered body, in combination with the countersunk perforated plate andthe screw whose head fits into the countersunk plate, and which screwextends down and screws into the lift, said screw extending only partway through the lift, leaving the bottom of 8 the lift smooth andunbroken, substantially as described.

3. In a boot and shoe heel, the combination of the chambered body havingthe lift which fitsthe bottom of the heel-body, a screw whose threadedportion extends into the bottom lift and projects into the lift onlypart way through it, leaving the bottom smooth and unbroken, and havinga secondary filling-piece above it, with an elastic metallic countersunkshank stiffener which extends over the heel portion of the inside of theshoe and thence forward to the shank of the shoe, substantially asdescribed.

EDW'ARD S. HAY.

Vitnesses:

M. E. WHI'rooMB, C. B. TUTTLE.

